Summary: The Commissioner annulled ABP’s decision. He directed ABP to release electronic copies of all of the information relevant to the appellant’s request.
Date: 11-10-2024
Case Number: OCE-138533-S6C8Y9
Public Body: An Bord Pleanála
Article of the Reg.: Art.7(3) Art.15(1)
Summary: The Commissioner found that the Department is not justified in withholding information contained within 9 records under article 8(a)(i) of the AIE Regulations
Date: 11-10-2024
Case Number: OCE-135716-R4G8T1
Public Body: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Article of the Reg.: Art.8(a)(i)
Summary: The Commissioner found that the Department is not justified in withholding information contained within records under article 8(a)(i) of the AIE Regulations
Date: 10-10-2024
Case Number: OCE-137000-X7Y9N3
Public Body: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Article of the Reg.: Art.8(a)(i)
Summary: The Commissioner found that the FAC was justified in refusing the request under article 9(1)(b) of the AIE Regulations
Date: 09-10-2024
Case Number: OCE-144739-W3Z9K6
Public Body: Forestry Appeals Committee
Article of the Reg.: Art.3(1) Art.9(1)(b)
Summary: A) The Commissioner found that the fee imposed by DAA was not justified under article 15(1) of the AIE Regulations B) The Commissioner found that DAA was not justified in withholding certain information under article 8(a)(i) of the AIE Regulations
Date: 02-10-2024
Case Number: OCE-150042-L1Y8Z2
Public Body: DAA Public Limited Company
Article of the Reg.: Art.8(a)(i) Art.15(1)
Summary: The Commissioner annulled the internal review decision of the Department in each appeal.
Date: 27-09-2024
Case Number: OCE-146796-Y9H0N8, OCE-147576-L3L1T2, OCE-148902-X5H4K0, OCE-150329-R3V1Z6, OCE-150333-D5J8H4
Public Body: Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine
Article of the Reg.: Art.7(5) Art.9(2)(a)
Summary: The Commissioner annulled the internal review decision of the Department in each case and directed release of the information concerned to the appellant.
Date: 23-09-2024
Case Number: OCE-145857-Y1Y0R1 and OCE-147943-Q3C1L7
Public Body: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Article of the Reg.: Art.8(a)(iii)
Summary: The Commissioner affirmed the decision of the Department to refuse the request but varied the basis for doing so from article 8(a)(iv) to article 9(1)(b) of the AIE Regulations.
Date: 18-09-2024
Case Number: OCE-132596-D0X6Z5
Public Body: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Article of the Reg.: Art.9(1)(b)
Summary: The Commissioner found that the information at issue is “environmental information” within the meaning of article 3(1) of the AIE Regulations and that Tailte Éireann was not justified in refusing the information sought on that basis. The Commissioner also found that article 3(2) did not apply.
Date: 05-09-2024
Case Number: OCE-142307-M4L4P5
Public Body: Tailte Éireann
Article of the Reg.: Art.3(1) Art.3(2)
Summary: Whether the Department was justified under the AIE Regulations in refusing the information sought on the basis that no relevant records exist.
Date: 30-08-2024
Case Number: OCE-149342-B4Z8X1
Public Body: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Article of the Reg.: Art.7(5)